Half of Amerins Support Legal Gay Marriage

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• HALF OF AMERINS SUPPORT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE
• AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS
• GALLUP POLL: 71% US WANT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

HALF OF AMERINS SUPPORT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE

As a rult, Print Obama's mpaign strategy team obvly is ntug to grapple wh how to handle -- wh the vice print on the one hand sentially endorsg legalized gay marriage, while the admistratn on the other hand stops jt short of the same pronouncement. The print has said his view on the issue is "evolvg, " so is possible he will eventually go on rerd as supportg gay marriage, but for now, he officially remas opposed.

Support for gay marriage at 70% for first time. A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn. Hodg cisn 2015, support for gay marriage had reached 60%.

AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS

For the First Time, a Small Majory of Republins Support Gay Marriage. This uld suggt that support for gay marriage has reached a ceilg for this group, at least for now.

GALLUP POLL: 71% US WANT LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE

Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults. Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level, and last year reached the 70% mark for the first time.

Risg natnal support for legal same-sex marriage reflects steady creas among most subgroups of the populatn, even those who have tradnally been the most ristant to gay marriage. Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed.

More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%).

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

The fall the number of Amerins who thk that gay and lbian relatnships are morally acceptable—down seven percentage pots—was the most signifint the entire list of issu on which Gallup qutned om a long-term perspective, Amerins' opn on issu around LGBTQ+ rights have followed a liberal trend— 2002 a mory 38 percent of Amerins found same-sex relatnships acceptable— the drop support for same-sex relatnships this year has brought the U. The percentage of Amerins who say they are satisfied wh the acceptance of gay and lbian people the untry has reached a new peak of 62%, acrdg to a poll released Wednday. Amerins' satisfactn wh the acceptance of gay and lbian people stood out the 2022 poll bee reached the hight level the natn has seen sce Gallup started trackg the trend 2001, though the peak is statistilly siar to 2016 levels.

Poll rponnts also reported a greater level of satisfactn wh acceptance of gay and lbian people than any of the 20 other issu Gallup tracked this while satisfactn on many of the other issu creased this year, the numbers on gay and lbian dividuals grew substantially: In 2022, 62% of survey rponnts said they were very or somewhat satisfied wh the acceptance of gays and lbians the natn, up om 55% 2021 and 56% 2020.

Jeff Jon, a senr edor at Gallup, told USA TODAY that the qutn shows whether gay and lbian people are "beg nsired not an outsir group but a normal, mastream group of people the U.